Because, for the bajillionth time, it was a long, long, LONG "steroid era" (anyone who thinks it started in the late 80's is a feeb) and by the time Sosa was around a ridiculous amount of players were using PEDs. You'd be better off trying to pick out the rare few that never did as opposed to pointlessly condemning the "cheaters," who ultimately were doing something that the league had little to no interest in cracking down on until the government basically said they had to. To say he was a "[expletive] who cheated repeatedly" is just pandering nonsense that makes it sound like he was doing something exceptional and unusual vs. how almost all other players were playing at the time. It's pointless purse-clutching and a prime example of meatballism.